"The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy"

The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country. Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.

Great to be at the launch of our new FREE Healthy Working Wales services for employers alongside our Minister for Mental Healthand Wellbeing Sarah Murphy MS and our fantastic team. 👏🏻 healthyworking.wales. Healthy Workforces mean better economy

In the BMJ a new umbrella review of systematic reviews found no clear evidence of any link between maternal acetaminophen (Paracetamol/Tylenol) use and autism or ADHD in children @bmj.com

A video claims the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine contains “cancer-causing SV40”. This isn’t correct. The vaccine doesn’t contain the SV40 monkey virus, which can induce cancer in animals. It uses a fragment of SV40’s DNA sequence, which doesn’t cause cancer.

Covid infections cause more myocarditis in kids than vaccines: “Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000." t.co/KqHSDDNWvc

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 511 peer reviewed studies on #covid-19 #vaccines supports their effectiveness and safety. #vaccineswork #publichealth

A new modelling study from Australia warns that even a modest rise in Long COVID cases could have public health and economic consequences. In the UK, where access to COVID-19 vaccines is limited, this warning should not be ignored. 🔗 www.change.org/Make-Covid-V... 🔗 www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Was great to be with with Sam from Healthia on the #problemsworthsolving podcast. Prevention remains a tough yet vital challenge. We spoke about why we must shift prevention from a “side programme” to the organising principle of the whole system. www.healthia.services/insight/prob... #publichealth

Pope Leo: “I am very pleased to welcome the official delegation of the Church of England…your presence today expresses our shared joy at the proclamation of Saint John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church. From Heaven, may he accompany Christians on their journey towards full union.”

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Good to see rhe importance of end of life care, dying well and beravement care featured in @churchtimes.bsky.social including our very own St Joseph’s Hospice . www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

"Interventions that reduced socioeconomic inequalities were those implemented and enforced across entire populations/systems or... were supportive and tailored to the differing needs of individuals across socioeconomic groups in their design and delivery." bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

Pope Leo at General Audience: “Intrusive and widespread, sadness accompanies the days of many people. It is a feeling of precariousness, at times profound desperation, which invades one’s inner space and seems to prevail over any impetus to joy.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

This calm, cool decency is dangerously absent from our discourse at the moment. Almost everyone is embracing, normalising or ignoring the 'cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.' We need more Bertrands.

How can we best address the challenge of improving people’s health and reducing premature mortality in Wales? In this new blog, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social​ considers how with the right tools, data and political will, we can build a healthier, fairer​ future. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/478CoAI

Closing the gap in early deaths in #Wales. In the third in a series of blogs on mortality trends research by the Health Foundation, I explore geographic inequalities in early deaths in Wales, and consider actions needed @healthfoundation.bsky.social #publichealth www.health.org.uk/features-and...

A groundbreaking study reveals that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy lived dramatically longer than those who didn’t. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Developed with prisoners and their families, the Prison Life video series explores life in custody and the support available to those in prison. Watch here: www.prisonersfamilies.org/prison-life-...

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

We are deeply concerned by reports of a violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester today. We unequivocally condemn this act of violence.

More than 5 years have passed since the emergence of #SARSCoV2, the virus responsible for #COVID-19. Despite some progress, the virus continues to circulate worldwide - causing infections, hospitalizations, and long-term health complications. England positive COVID-19 tests trend up throughout 2025.

At Healthy Working Wales we will soon be lunching new FREE services to help employers keep your workforce well. Register here for our employer brunch briefing healthyworking.wales/event/new-fr... sustainable economies and businesses need healthy and happy workforces #CymruCan #PublicHealth

The voice of families with firsthand experience is all over this. Please spread and use this tool, it’s written from lived experience and will help improve the health and health care of people in prison. www.prisonadvice.org.uk/get-help/hea.... #publichealth

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

#Vaccines have been the cornerstone of #PublicHealth efforts for decades, protecting us from infectious diseases & paving the way for healthier, more prosperous societies. #Immunisation is a safe and cost-effective way to protect people – especially infants & young children. #VaccinesWork

Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency "MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children" www.gov.uk/government/n...

En route to Public Health Wales AGM in Carmarthen. A tree precariously near line delayed us. Sorted. GWR train manager from Cardiff and Transport for Wales swansea staff unbelievably helpful. Train for Carmarthen/Fishguard rolls calmly into swansea only 1 minute late. And we’re off. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻love it

Patients who continue to struggle with fatigue and brain fog after recovering from COVID-19 may have lingering neuroinflammation triggered by the virus. healthimaging.com/topics/clini...

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Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

John C. Turner pulls no punches 😂

A book for our times. As Lyse Doucet says quoted in intro to this “If you don’t understand religion, including the abuse of religion, you don’t understand what is happening in our world.” Or how to respond. books.google.co.uk/books/about/...

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

Andrew Marr writing in this week’s @newstatesman.com

📢 Join us for the next ECDC Lighthouse webinar “The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”. What happens when science opens its doors to the public? 🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025 🕕 13.00-14.00 CET 💻 Online #ECDCLighthouse

This article wasn’t about them, but it shows how people faked concern of social justice to let it rip. sciencebasedmedicine.org/wokewashing/

15th November - British Psychological Society Wales is holding a Festival of #Psychology and #PublicHealth Mind and Nation will bring people together to share the contribution of psychology to improving and protecting the health of the People of Wales. www.bps.org.uk/event/bps-we...

Im two chapters into Harry Tanner’s first book and its brilliant . @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social His writng sweeps you up and carries you. Highly recommend www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-thi...

Good piece about St George by a historian in The Tablet . A saint of Middle Eastern origin brought to England by foreign missionaries and revered by many Muslims not just Christians….

A lot of unevidenced claims about vaccines are getting picked up and amplified on X by journalists who should probably know better. So if your aim is to use social media to reduce impact of these claims, then it does feel like you should be tackling the flawed-claim-to-media-uptake step on X...

A reminder that you’ll get an alert at 3pm today to test the UK national emergency alert system. If you have a phone you need to keep concealed (eg because of abuse or violence) here’s how to opt out of the alerts www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...

Given importance of health to the voting public, it seems politically naive of Nigel Farage and Reform to have their health policy so closely tied to Dr Aseem Malhotra, whose speech today confirms his switch from once respected clinician to conspiracy theorist quack: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Angela Rayner got hounded for a housing mix-up. Farage hides income through companies and trusts to dodge tax. One rule for the loudest man in politics. Another for everyone else. Families pay their share. Nigel doesn’t. That’s the real scandal.

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was. @FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods. theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...